Awesome Job!!!!.... I have to install a shower pan for the first time and your video will certainly help with the install......Thanks so much for taking time to share your knowledge and experience with people like myself that have zero plumbing experience. Also, thanks all those that shared their comments and pointed out how the install could be improved. I am now a subscriber.
Your video was awesome, thank you. very much sir. I learned a lot from this video and yes, I'm doing a project just like the one you're doing now, hopefully. it'll workout for me. Thank you again, and God bless you.
😊one bit of advice to prevent a lot of hair going down the drain go get a small stainless steel screen and put it under the final big square hole drain cover. It will save you a lot if grief. Also between those shims a good idea would be to put some pure silicon so that the shims are not taking up all the weight and it will be distributed evenly. Otherwise good job! I installed a small semi circle shower years ago and after about 7 or 8 yrs the threads became.e loose enough that the drain started to leak. I guess the constant use of the showers caused the threads to loosen. I think it would be a good idea to silicon the threads on the under side of the shower drain so they won't get loose over time . What do you think?😊
Never use shims as this will cause the tray to crack overtime. Bed down the tray using mortar and this will ensure the whole tray is supported properly.
I’m sure there’s probably tons of comments but I’m not gonna read through them. The first couple didn’t mention it but did anybody else see your problem right away PVC glue on ABS pipe. Nah bro. Had me fool that first day. This was a video somebody knew what’s up.
It’s to keep the lime from eating it over time. The1-2in of foam wrap around the outside is so after concretes poured you can then pull that foam wrap and you have a bit of wiggle room to like the p if it’s not perfect like coming up thru walls if it’s out a bit you can push it back in the wall
That silicon on the castle nut is not only unnecessary but looks bad through the grates. At least use clear. But worse than that is, you didn't use a mortar bed. That pan will move and flex and eventually crack.
HELP. question- black pipe came out of the shower pan. How could this happen? several plumbers say they would have to dig to fix etc but none clear on why or how this happened so can you explain how n why this happened? I had no leaks, nothing looks broken or cracked, the edges of the pipe were smooth after I cleaned off I saw the black rubber ring just like the one you set in so wth happened
NEVER hit two hammers together. Hardened metal is brittle and razor sharp shards can fly of injuring or even blinding you. Use a proper concrete chisel.
And your floor you should have put cement underneath your shower pan it will stop the cracking in your shower pan another tip and you need ABS glue for abs piping baby shower is going to crack if you don't put loose cement....
Maybe, maybe not... I've seen elsewhere that silicon is more appropriate to use on the more flex-prone shower pans. The reasoning was that the plumbers putty dries and eventually losses its flexibility over time. With a flexing floor, gaps can occur and these leads to leaks. The silicon is less prone to lose its flexibility over time. However, for nonflexing pans, putty is the preferred option.
BRO?? YOU JUST BYPASSED THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. Show how you put the pan on with the drain attached and then seal it. You just skipped to it being in. AND IF you DON'T put mortar under the pan it will crackle when you step on it if you're big. WTF. WASTE.
This guy fails through the entire video and people tell him he did a good job. lol Seriously, he fails at leveling the floor. Tells you it's level while you can hear it rocking back and forth. Uses shims which most manufacturers say not to use because it still isn't level. Doesn't use anything under the shower pan so it will constantly make noise when shower is used. Uses way too much caulking on the drain. Installs the shower brackets with drywall screws which will rust immediately. Smears caulking all over the inside of the drain which is completely unneeded and will be visible through the shower drain grate. 6 months and this whole thing is going to need to be torn out and replaced again. I'm really curious how he thinks he's going to waterproof that joint in the tiles when they are replaced.
